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Louis L. Picone

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Louis L. Picone is the award-winning author of "Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon", "The President Is Dead! The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond" and "Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces."

Louis is a member of the Ulysses S. Grant Monument Association, Authors Guild and American Historical Association and is also a trustee on the board of the Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association in Caldwell, NJ. He holds a Masters in History and also teaches at William Paterson University

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	The President Is Dead!: The Extraordinary Stories of the Presidential Deaths, Final Days, Burials, and Beyond 4.14 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an American Pantheon 4.15 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Journey From Clovis by William Tadao Ebihara, Louis L. Picone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Louis Picone rated a book it was amazing His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life by Jonathan Alter (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A nice little book with a few nice anecdotes to add additional color to Grover Cleveland's life in retirement. Lynch, perhaps out of respect for the privacy of the deceased or maybe because he was not as familiar with President Cleveland as he porten ...more
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A nice little book with a few nice anecdotes to add additional color to Grover Cleveland's life in retirement. Lynch, perhaps out of respect for the privacy of the deceased or maybe because he was not as familiar with President Cleveland as he porten ...more
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Louis Picone rated a book it was amazing Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868 by Brooks D. Simpson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Louis Picone rated a book it was amazing The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President by Matthew R. Costello	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Having written about Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb and how its story relates to Grant's legacy, I was especially interested in reading this book. I was not disappointed! Kudos to Mathew Costello for his excellent (and important) work that tells the fascina ...more
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